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The Well at the World's End: A Tale

Chapter XXXVII · Chapter 37

Chapter 37 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By William Morris • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

Hugh laughed and pointed to Higham, and said: "He is yonder."

"What," said Ralph, "in the Abbot's host?"

"Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

Said Ralph: "And Launcelot Long-tongue, thy squire, how hath he sped?"

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Chapter XXXVII

Chapter 37

Chapter 37 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother. Hugh laughed and pointed to Higham, and said: "He is yonder." "What," said Ralph, "in the Abbot's host?" "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space." Said Ralph: "And Launcelot Long-tongue, thy squire, how hath he sped?"

The Well at the World's End: A Tale

Chapter XXXVII · Chapter 37

Chapter 37 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

Line 2

Hugh laughed and pointed to Higham, and said: "He is yonder."

Line 3

"What," said Ralph, "in the Abbot's host?"

Line 4

"Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

Line 5

Said Ralph: "And Launcelot Long-tongue, thy squire, how hath he sped?"

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a

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

Abbey

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

Abbot's

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From this reading "What," said Ralph, "in the Abbot's host?"

again

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

already

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

and

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From this reading Hugh laughed and pointed to Higham, and said: "He is yonder."

asked

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

aught

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

be

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

Between

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

Brethren

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

brother

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

but

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

first

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

Gregory

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

hath

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From this reading Said Ralph: "And Launcelot Long-tongue, thy squire, how hath he sped?"

he

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

Higham

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From this reading Hugh laughed and pointed to Higham, and said: "He is yonder."

his

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

host

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From this reading "What," said Ralph, "in the Abbot's host?"

how

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From this reading Said Ralph: "And Launcelot Long-tongue, thy squire, how hath he sped?"

Hugh

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

if

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

in

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From this reading "What," said Ralph, "in the Abbot's host?"

is

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From this reading Hugh laughed and pointed to Higham, and said: "He is yonder."

laughed

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From this reading Hugh laughed and pointed to Higham, and said: "He is yonder."

laughing

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

Launcelot

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From this reading Said Ralph: "And Launcelot Long-tongue, thy squire, how hath he sped?"

Long-tongue

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From this reading Said Ralph: "And Launcelot Long-tongue, thy squire, how hath he sped?"

monk

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

months

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

not

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

novice

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

of

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

pointed

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From this reading Hugh laughed and pointed to Higham, and said: "He is yonder."

Ralph

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

said

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From this reading Hugh laughed and pointed to Higham, and said: "He is yonder."

six

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

space

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

sped

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From this reading Said Ralph: "And Launcelot Long-tongue, thy squire, how hath he sped?"

spiritual

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

squire

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From this reading Said Ralph: "And Launcelot Long-tongue, thy squire, how hath he sped?"

Talk

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

that

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

the

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From this reading "What," said Ralph, "in the Abbot's host?"

their

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

Those

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

thy

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From this reading Said Ralph: "And Launcelot Long-tongue, thy squire, how hath he sped?"

to

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From this reading Hugh laughed and pointed to Higham, and said: "He is yonder."

turned

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

Two

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

What

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From this reading "What," said Ralph, "in the Abbot's host?"

will

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

worldly

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

wotted

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From this reading Talk Between Those Two Brethren Ralph asked Hugh first if he wotted aught of Gregory their brother.

Yea

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From this reading "Yea," said Hugh, laughing again, "but in his spiritual, not his worldly host: he is turned monk, brother; that is, he is already a novice, and will be a brother of the Abbey in six months' space."

yonder

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From this reading Hugh laughed and pointed to Higham, and said: "He is yonder."

Chapter 37 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale by William Morris holds 214 sentences, grouped into 43 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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